Wisdom

Pema Chödrön

September 1, 2014

“Times are difficult globally; awakening is no longer a luxury or an ideal. It’s becoming critical. We don’t need to add more depression, more discouragement, or more anger to what’s already here. It’s becoming essential that we learn how to relate sanely with difficult times.”

Gloria E. Anzaldúa

August 31, 2014

“The struggle has always been inner, and is played out in outer terrains. Awareness of our situation must come before inner changes, which in turn come before changes in society. Nothing happens in the “real” world unless it first happens in the images in our heads.”

Howard Thurman

August 29, 2014

“There must be always remaining in every life, some place for the singing of angels, some place for that which in itself is breathless and beautiful.”

Rigoberta Menchú

Mahatma Gandhi

August 29, 2014

“Carefully watch your thoughts, for they become your words. Manage and watch your words, for they will become your actions. Consider and judge your actions, for they have become your habits. Acknowledge and watch your habits, for they shall become your values. Understand and embrace your values, for they become your destiny.”

Audre Lorde

August 29, 2014

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”

Thich Nhat Hanh

August 31, 2014

“What we see in our world is a reflection of ourselves, if it seems out of balance, we are out of balance.”

bell hooks

August 29, 2014

“…the healing is a healing into wholeness, moving away from the sense of the self as splintered and fractured and broken. But it’s not a healing into perfection. It’s not a vision of wholeness that says everything will become right with me. It’s an acceptance that says we are, at our core, essentially whole even in the midst of our flaws and our woundedness.”

Vandana Shiva

August 29, 2014

“Uniformity is not nature’s way; diversity is nature’s way.”

About Deep Roots

Deep Roots Urban Refuge offers support in reclaiming healthy practices and access to natural environments. It provides healing, respite, and renewal for those in need, while offering traditional and alternative healers access to space to support their work of cultivating love and healing for all.